1995 in basketball

Championships

Professional

• Men
• *1995 NBA Finals: Houston Rockets over the Orlando Magic 4-0. MVP: Hakeem Olajuwon
• ** 1995 NBA Playoffs
• **1994–95 NBA season
• **1995 NBA Draft
• *Eurobasket: Yugoslavia 96, Lithuania 90
• Women
• *Eurobasket Women: Ukraine def. Italy

  College

• Men
• *NCAA
• **Division I: UCLA 89, Arkansas 79
• **NIT: Virginia Tech def. Marquette University
• **Division II: University of Southern Indiana 71, UC Riverside 63
• **Division III: Wis.-Platteville 69, Manchester 55
• *NAIA
• **Division I Birmingham-Southern College AL 92, Pfeiffer University NC 76
• **Division II Albertson 81, Whitworth 72 OT
• *NJCAA
• **Division I Sullivan College, Louisville, KY 103, Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD 98 O/T
• **Division II Penn Valley CC, Mo. 93, Kishwukee CC, Ill. 88
• **Division III Sullivan County CC 74, Gloucester County College 63
• Women
• *NCAA
• **Division I: University of Tennessee 83, University of Georgia 65
• **Division II: North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
• **Division III: Wis.-Oshkosh 66 Mount Union 50
• *NAIA
• **Division I: Southern Nazarene 80, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 79
• **Division II Western Oregon 80, Huron 77
• *NJCAA
• **Division I Trinity Valley CC 69, Independence CC 55
• **Division II Lansing CC 74, Kankakee CC 68
• **Division III Central Lakes College-Brainerd 71, Monroe CC 57

  Awards and honors

Professional

• Men
• *NBA Most Valuable Player Award: David Robinson, San Antonio Spurs
• *NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Grant Hill, Detroit Pistons ; Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks
• *NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Dikembe Mutombo, Denver Nuggets
• *NBA Coach of the Year Award: Del Harris, Los Angeles Lakers

  Collegiate

• Men
• *John R. Wooden Award: Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
• *Naismith College Coach of the Year: Jim Harrick, UCLA
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Tyus Edney, UCLA
• *Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year: Joe Smith, Maryland
• *NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Tony Delk, Kentucky
• *Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson, Oklahoma
• *Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball: Victor Bubas
• Women
• *Naismith College Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
• *Naismith College Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
• *Wade Trophy: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
• *Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award: Amy Dodrill, Johns Hopkins
• *Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year: Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
• *NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
• *Basketball Academic All-America Team: Rebecca Lobo, UConn
• *Carol Eckman Award: Ceal Barry, Colorado
• *Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut

  [Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]

• Class of 1995:
• *Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• *Anne Donovan
• *John Kundla
• *Vern Mikkelsen
• *Cheryl Miller
• *George Yardley

  Movies

• The Basketball Diaries
• Slam Dunk Ernest

  Births

• February 25 — Mario Hezonja, Croatian professional basketball player for Orlando Magic

  Deaths

• January 7 — Art Stoefen, American NBL player
• January 18 — Cliff Fagan, former president of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• February 12 — Nat Holman, Hall of Fame player for the Original Celtics and coach of the 1950 NCAA and NIT champion CCNY Beavers
• February 20 — Margaret Wade, women's player and coach at Delta State University
• March 16 — Art Mollner, member of 1936 US Olympic championship team
• April 4 — Joe Richey, All-American at BYU
• April 13 — Mal McMullen, American NBA player
• April 17 — Jay McCreary, American college coach
• April 28 — Walter Devlin, American NBA player
• May 25 — Krešimir Ćosić, Hall of Fame Croatian player. First foreign player to earn collegiate All-American status while at Brigham Young University
• June 12 — Pierre Russell, American ABA player
• July 21 — Tarzan Woltzen, American NBL player
• July 23 — Chuck Hanger, America AAU player
• August 21 — Hal Cihlar, American NBL player
• August 25 — John Mills, American BAA player
• November 3 — Cookie Cunningham, American college coach
• December 12 — Jack Friel, American college coach